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Ben Newby, Reverie – Chicago, IL Inspiration: This is all about summer in Chi-City. Lots of rooftops, sunshine, beaches and beautiful bodies. To keep everyone looking their best, this cocktail is low-calorie and features natural ingredients. Coconut water is infused with strawberries, mint and cucumber and mixed the smooth taste of Cruzan Aged Light Rum […]

Jeremy Jones, Thirty 7 North – Virginia Beach, VA Inspiration: The Cruzan Blackberry Smash is a twist on the traditional smash cocktail with a few extra layers of Virginia flavor. Hot Virginia summers and the blackberries that are bountiful throughout the state this time of year inspire it. Combined with fresh lemon and lime, this is the perfect cocktail to cool […]

Stefan Huebner, Heist Brewery – Charlotte, NC Inspiration: This cocktail is a twist on a Cable Car cocktail, but here in Charlotte we have a trolley system to get around the uptown area. The Cruzan Rum gives this cocktail the oomph that is needed to stand up with the fruit juices and the Blue Curaçao. The Blue Curaçao adds a touch […]

One thing I love most about traveling is the local cuisine. I love finding out what the locals eat and giving it a try. While I can’t say that I have the amount of stamps on my passport that well-traveled people boast, I can say that my wishlist of places to travel to and eat […]

Legal Breakdowns Of The Hottest Entertainment & Celebrity Drama   Jay Z’s been hit with a lawsuit for his 2009 Grammy-winning Grammy-winning song “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. According to Rolling Stone and New York Daily News, a record label representing deceased R&B artist Eddie Bo filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Shawn […]

In honor of #TeamBeautiful’s “Sexcapades” series, I want to get you wanderlusting over some of the sexiest, adult-only vacations around the world! Whether you’re single or not, one of these exotic and erotic vacations is sure to help you create some sizzling memories. Turn it up a notch and start your planning! Cap d’Agde, France Located […]

As the office has become a second home to most women in the workplace, the amount of time spent on the job can sometimes be monotonous, boring and stagnant. Whether you are in the corner office or working in a cubicle, many tend to leave their place of assignment to fellowship with other co-workers or […]

“There is a security with corporate America that is very comfortable,” Dre Brown–the Founder and CEO of belleIEVE Beauty reminisced about when she decided to leave her corporate job as the Director of Partnerships & Public Affairs at WEtv and pursue her dream of making women beautiful from the inside, out. “I’m making money for […]

Legal Breakdowns Of The hottest Entertainment & Celebrity Drama A New York District Judge ruled that unpaid interns are not protected from sexual harassment as promulgated by the New York Human Rights Law because they are not deemed to be “real” employees. This ruling was based upon claims of a 26-year-old Syracuse University graduate and […]

According to a recent Huffington Post article, and a recent study from the U.K., women may be better at multitasking than men. Well, duh! Based upon two experiments conducted by psychologists at the University of Hertfordshire, the University of Glasgow and the University of Leeds, men and women were compared against one another through a […]

In a piercing poem entitled “I Used To Think” published in the 1983 poetry collection, Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology, writer and editor Chirlane McCray, wife of NYC mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, tackles narrow European beauty standards and the White supremacy that undergirds them head on. The poem stands as a powerful literary example of why […]